"Green Leaf Alliance"

The two said nothing to each other that night. After breakfast at the hotel the next morning, they got on their bikes and set off again.

They soon arrived at Kaikyu's gates. Shinnosuke parked his bike and walked into the somewhat desolate-looking school with Shinomiya Kai.

Kaikyu's students approached Shinnosuke and Shinomiya Kai and surrounded them.

"Hey, you two are new faces..."

"What the hell are you doing at Kaikyu, bastards?!"

"You look kind of familiar... Wait... You're that guy from Green Vine at the last exchange meet..."

The Kaikyu students froze, then backed away, staring at Shinnosuke in terror. He casually grabbed one of them and asked,

"Is Takeshi Sagara inside?"

The student went pale and hurriedly nodded.

"Y-yeah, he is. Sagara's right inside..."

Just then, four figures appeared at Kaikyu's gates and slowly walked toward them.

Shinnosuke looked back and saw the familiar blond hair and sea urchin head, accompanied by two figures in blue school uniforms, one tall and one short.

"Why is it you again?" ×2

Shinnosuke and Mitsuhashi spoke at the same time.

"Hey, who the hell are you guys? Why do you keep following us everywhere we go?!"

"I should be the one asking you that!"

The two faced off, neither willing to back down. Ito hurriedly held Mitsuhashi back.

"Come on, they don't look like bad guys. Let's explain why we're here first!"

Imai had also recognized the two of them.

"Oh! Weren't you with those guys that night? Tanigawa and I saw them while we were out for a walk. They looked fierce and pretty strong, but I, the great Imai, am still the strongest! Hahaha."

"That's right! You're the strongest, Imai!"

"Ahahahaha..."

Shinnosuke and Shinomiya Kai looked at the two of them as though they were idiots. Mitsuhashi and Ito were already used to it.

Meanwhile, Takeshi Sagara, who was deeper inside, received word from one of his underlings.

"That guy came too? Perfect, I'll take him out along with the rest! I'm the strongest in Chiba!!!"

Shinomiya Kai pushed up his glasses and spoke to the two of them.

"So, what did you come to see Takeshi Sagara for?"

"Huh? Why should I tell you...?"

Ito hurriedly pulled Mitsuhashi back and spoke with a slightly apologetic expression.

"Lately, students from our school have been getting attacked by Kaikyu's people, and they've been extorting protection money from them too. We came to get the money back and settle things once and for all!"

Shinomiya Kai nodded. After a moment's thought, he spoke to them.

"We came for Takeshi Sagara too. You might not know this yet, but the Silver Dragon Society has been destroyed. The whole building was burned to the ground, and Tsukikawa was burned to a crisp..."

"What?!"

Mitsuhashi and the others looked shocked, seemingly unable to believe it.

"It happened after we left. Later, I bribed someone in the police department and got the surveillance footage from that night. Apart from us, Takeshi Sagara was the only one who went inside!"

Mitsuhashi rubbed his chin and ventured,

"So you suspect Takeshi Sagara did it?"

"There's a strong possibility."

Before long, both sides understood the full story. After some discussion, they formed a temporary alliance!

"Um... What should we call the alliance?"

Imai spoke up from the side.

"How about the Iron Fist Gorilla Alliance?!"

Everyone automatically tuned Imai out. After a discussion that lasted twenty minutes, the Green Leaf Alliance was finally formed, while Imai's face turned red.

"Dammit! What happened to Beniko? Why are Green Vine and Nanyo the only ones in the name?!!"

The others once again tuned out Imai's words, and the four of them walked into Kaikyu's school building together, intent on taking Takeshi Sagara's head!

The narrow hallway was packed with Kaikyu's people, all glaring at the members of the Green Leaf Alliance.

"Ora! I'll kill you!"

"Bastards, leave your lives here!"

"Don't get too cocky!"

"..."

Shinnosuke rose on his toes and looked around. At the very back of the crowd, he spotted a towering stack of chairs, with Takeshi Sagara sitting on top!

Sagara took a deep breath, flung his arms wide, and roared with a crazed expression.

"The hunt begins!!!! Take them out!!!"

The moment he finished, Kaikyu's people roared and charged madly at Shinnosuke and the others!

Shinnosuke rolled his neck with a crack, grinned, and charged straight into the crowd, with the others close behind!

His aura was overwhelming. The few men at the front who faced him turned pale with shock, and a feeling of despair rose in their hearts!

"Ora!!!!"

A heavy punch shattered one man's nose in an instant, sending him flying backward with tremendous force and knocking down a group of his companions! Shinnosuke was like a tiger among sheep, his sharp fangs and claws tearing apart every obstacle in his path!